Associate Professor of Surgery-Emory University. General Surgeon, educator. My tweets are my own. How I do anything is how I do everything. PGY25 @emorysurgery
Joined March 2013
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21 Mar 2022
Thank you for publishing this, 10 min read. I’ll be happy to discuss or answer any questions about it.
@ISorianoMD @rbarbosa91 @CPark_MD @SAGES_Updates @VNikolian @JJcolemanMD @DissanaikeMD @SLBachman @Sharpknife_Aziz @KeithDelman
21 Mar 2022
“At the end of my intern year, I was very fortunate to be given the opportunity to go to a new program where I still worked very long hours but was treated like a surgery resident should be treated.” Eric Knauer, MD.
generalsurgerynews.com/Opini… @EricKnauerMD @EmorySurgery
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A wonderful @BJSAcademy council and summit in the lovely city of Lund. Lots of great talks, new connections for @asgbi andtThe obligatory selfie with my friend @juliomayol
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Small-bites fascial closure after elective midline laparotomy reduced long-term risk and size of incisional hernia vs traditional large-bites technique, supporting small bites as standard practice for abdominal closure. ja.ma/4fHrFDy
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Great bowel peristalsis!
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Amazing grand rounds by @EdLinEmory @EmorySurgery, history of General Surgery. 100 years of Emory Surgery. Dr Sweeney brought me to Emory.
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Calling all 2026-2026 MIS Fellows! @ShanleyDealMD @SAGES_Updates
Jun 9
Incoming MIS fellows, time to register for the upcoming Career Development Course, @SAGES_Updates @IvyNHaskinsMD @RMHigginsMD
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Incoming MIS fellows, time to register for the upcoming Career Development Course, @SAGES_Updates @IvyNHaskinsMD @RMHigginsMD
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Every month that you neglect your physical health while early in your career, you incur a debt that you will repay later on, when you should be in the prime of your career.
I’ve learned this now but I wish I could have explained this to my 30-year-old self.
Musculoskeletal injury was common among surgeons: 22% reported changing operating responsibilities because of injury, and 59% reported that ergonomic pain affected their ability to work as a surgeon. journals.lww.com/annalsofsur…
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We are going to be extinct..
@rbarbosa91 @EricKnauerMD
Musculoskeletal injury was common among surgeons: 22% reported changing operating responsibilities because of injury, and 59% reported that ergonomic pain affected their ability to work as a surgeon. journals.lww.com/annalsofsur…
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Book is now out 😎
Great resource for surgical and surgical-adjacent APP’s…
Some time ago, @SamAtallahMD asked me to simply walk into Mordor…oops I mean, write the chapter on knot tying.
There are 51 chapters in total, covering many different parts of surgery. 📖💪
Just Published! 😎 BIG THANKS to the 80 authors who contributed to the 1st hard cover book geared for the surgical PA @NeilFlochMD @rbarbosa91 @farkomd @JBMatthews @LilianaBordei @wchrisfox @SWexner @ScottRSteeleMD @MN_GIMD @SeanLangenfeld @pferrada1 @pakotze @AASPASurgeryPA
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🧵regarding the 'figure-of-eight' suture. I did a similar one 3 yr ago, but the students and interns are new.
We'll go over the surgical application of the 'figure-of-eight' stitch, some technical pointers, and compare it to a similar stitch (the' horizontal mattress').
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How about both?
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RT @jlberistain: Lap hepatico-jejunostomy for bile duct injury (Bismuth IV) are humbling and demanding but so satisfactory (especially when…
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Disposable gowns by a big margin.
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56 votes • Final results
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RT @PipeCabreraV: Surgical knot using the needle holder: how to do it! @TomVargheseJr @AmCollSurgeons @SWexner @pferrada1 t.co/NNrx…
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Thank you @domenechasbun for including me in the @SAGES_Updates International Safe Chole Course, Mexico.
#safechole
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I didn’t buy any of these, was tempted to try the steak flavored. They also had bacon grilled cheese.
31 Aug 2024
I usually do grocery shopping on Sunday, but needed some things for dinner tonight. Loaded up on some chips.
@ericpaulimd @DivagoTM
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